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Blood Donor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please call 5-7791 to schedule appointment if you are eligible and willing to give blood.
MAY 1 - 31 is Allergy and Asthma Awareness, Better Hearing and Speech, Better Sleep, Hepatitis Awareness, Huntington’s Disease Awareness, National Arthritis, National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness, National Digestive Diseases Awareness, National High Blood Pressure, National Mental Health, National Osteoporosis Prevention, National Physical Fitness and Sports, National Sight-Saving: Ultraviolet Awareness & Home Eye Safety, National Stroke Awareness, Oncology Nursing, Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness and World Neurofibromatosis Awareness month.
MAY 3 is National Anxiety Disorders Screening day.
MAY 6 is International No Diet and National Nurses day.
MAY 6 - 12 is National Nurses week.
MAY 6 - 13 is National Safe Kids week.
MAY 7 - 13 is Children’s Mental Health and National Hospital week.
MAY 8 - 14 is National Stuttering Awareness week.
MAY 9 is Childhood Depression Awareness – Green Ribbon day.
MAY 11 is Oncology Nursing day.
MAY 13 is National Cytotechnology day.
MAY 14 - 20 is National Running and Fitness week.
MAY 14 - 21 is National Emergency Medical Services week.
MAY 17 is National Employee Health and Fitness day.
MAY 21 - 27 is National Medical Transcriptionist week.
MAY 31 is World No-Tobacco and National Senior Health and Fitness day.
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Tuesday, May 9
• Lesbian and gay lunch group for staff, students and other members of the Jefferson community, noon, room 202, 1015 Chestnut. Call Naomi at 5-2578.
• Jefferson Cocaine Treatment Program, Robert S. Sterling, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Clinical Coordinator, Thomas Jefferson University Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Program, Juan Fernando Valdivia, MD, “LAAM - An Alternative To Methadone,” noon to 2 p.m., 2nd floor conference room, 1021 S. 21st Street.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Monday, May 1
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Phillip Tsichlis, MD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, topic to be announced, 4 p.m., Connelly Conference Hall,
BLSB.
Tuesday, May 2
• Physiology, Thomas M. Butler, PhD, Professor, “Studies of the Phosphorylation of Twitchin in Catch Muscle,” noon, 427
JAH.
Thursday, May 4
• Kimmel Cancer Center Research, Kristiina Vuori, MD, PhD, LaJolla Cancer Research Center, “Tyrosine Phosphorylation Events in Integrin Signaling,” noon, Connelly Conference Hall,
BLSB.
Monday, May 8
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Peter J. Donovan, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, topic to be announced, 4 p.m., Connelly Conference Hall, BLSB.
• Radiobiology, Craig Thompson, MD, Scientific Director, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, “Bcl-2 Proteins and the Regulation of Redox Stress,” noon to 1 p.m., G312
Bodine.
Tuesday, May 9
• Physiology, Keith Gooch, PhD, Assistant Professor, Depts. of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, Member of the Institute of Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, “Vascular Tissue Engineering: Small Diameter Vascular Prostheses and Microvascular Networks for Gene Therapy,” noon, 427
JAH.
Thursday, May 11
• Kimmel Cancer Center Research, Tom Petes, PhD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Genetic Regulation of Genome Stability in Yeast,” noon, Connelly Conference Hall,
BLSB.
Monday, May 15
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Ziwei Huang, MD, Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, topic to be announced, 4 p.m., Connelly Conference Hall,
BLSB.
Tuesday, May 16
• Physiology, Marilyn J. Woolkalis, PhD, Assistant Professor, “Action at Endothelial Cell-Cell Junctions,” noon, 427
JAH.
Thursday, May 18
• Kimmel Cancer Center Research, speaker and topic to be announced, noon, Connelly Conference Hall,
BLSB.
Monday, May 22
•Kimmel Cancer Center, Robert Korngold, MD, Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, topic to be announced, 4 p.m., Connelly Conference Hall,
BLSB.
Tuesday, May 23
• Physiology, John T. Flynn, PhD, Professor, “Role of the Microvascular Endothelium in Innate Immunity,” noon, 427
JAH.
Thursday, May 25
•Multidisciplinary Trauma, 7 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
•Kimmel Cancer Center, Haifan Lin, PhD, Dept. of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, “Making a Difference: The Asymmetric Division of Stem Cells in the Germline,” noon, Connelly Conference Hall,
BLSB.
LECTURE
Monday, May 1
• HIV Caregivers, Sharon Henderson, MD, RD, CNSD, “Nutrition and HIV/AIDS,” 8 a.m., 9330 Gibbon.
Thursday, May 11
• Office of Health Policy and JMC, The Ninth Annual Raymond C. Grandon Lecture, Francesco Taroni, MD, Director, Agenzia per I Servizi Sanitari Regionali, Rome, Italy, “Through the Patient’s Eyes: Whatever Happened to Trust?”8 to 10 a.m., DePalma
Aud.
UPCOMING LECTURE
Monday, June 5
• HIV Caregivers, Patrick McManus, MD, Director, Youth Emergency Services (YES), “HIV In Our Teenagers,” 8 a.m., 9330 Gibbon.
SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, May 6
• The Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute and Society and the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, 31st Annual Margaret S. Mahler Symposium on Child Development, “Does God Help?: Faith and Belief in Development, Psychopathology and Technique,” 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Doubletree Hotel, Broad Street at Locust. Contact Maryann Nevin at 215-955-2547.
GRAND ROUNDS
Tuesday, May 2
• Pediatrics, Paul Wolpe, PhD, Center for Bioethics, Department of Sociology and Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Health Center, “Bioethics,” 8 a.m., 101
BLSB.
Wednesday, May 3
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Robert Fry, MD, Surgery/Colorectal, JMC, “Surgical Management of Rectal Cancer,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
•Family Medicine, Ina Li, MD, Third-Year Resident, “Feeding Tubes and Dementia: Food for Thought,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Pediatrics, Ruth A. Lawrence, MD, Professor, Obstetrics and Gyncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, “Breastfeeding the Infant With Anatomic and Neurologic Problems,” 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Michele M. Marsh, PhD, Director, Center City and Narberth Offices, Penn Council for Relationships, “A Delicate Web: Structure and Roles in the Distressed Family,” 10:30 to noon, DePalma
Aud.
Thursday, May 4
• Medicine, L. Bernardo Menajovsky, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Associate Residency Program Director, “Epidemics of the 21st Century,” 8 a.m., DePalma
Aud.
Tuesday, May 9
• Pediatrics, Anthony Rostain, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania, “Attention Deficit and Related Disorders,” 8 a.m., 101
BLSB.
Wednesday, May 10
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Theodure Lawrence, MD, Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, title to be announced, 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Family Medicine, Gene Hong, MD, Sports Medicine Fellow, “Acute Ankle Injuries in Athletes: The Ankle Sprain,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Pediatrics, Bernard Cohen MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, “Infections and Infestations,” 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Rhoda Harvey, PhD, Director, University City Office, Penn Council for Relationships, Instructor, JMC, “The Genderscript: The Effect of Gender on The Couple Relationship,” 10:30 to noon, DePalma
Aud.
Thursday, May 11
• Medicine, The Ninth Annual Raymond C. Grandon Lecture, Francesco Taroni, MD, Director, Agenzia per I Servizi, Sanitari Regionali, Rome, Italy, “Through the Patient’s Eyes: Whatever Happened to Trust?” 8 to 10 a.m., DePalma Aud.
•Emergency Medicine, Charles Pollack, MD, Clinical Associate Professor Surgery/Emergency Medicine University of Arizona College of Medicine, Emergency Department Chair, Maricopa Medical Center, “New Treatments in Unstable Angina & Non-Q Wave MI,” 9 a.m., 218 Curtis.
Tuesday, May 16
• Pediatrics, Grand Rounds cancelled.
Wednesday, May 17
• Kimmel Cancer Center, B. Jeremic, MD, Oncology, Yugoslavia, “Radiochemotherapy for NSCLC,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Family Medicine, Stephen Treat, DMin., Director and CEO, Penn Council for Relationships, “Personal Empowerment,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Pediatrics, David W. Bates, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, “Adverse Drug Events, Frequency and Prevention,” 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, No scheduled grand rounds, American Psychiatrics Association Annual meeting.
Thursday, May 18
•Medicine, Medical Staff Meeting, 8 a.m., DePalma Aud.
Tuesday, May 23
• Pediatrics, Departmental Staff Meeting.
Wednesday, May 24
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Margaret Shipp, MD, Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, “Prognostic Factors in Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Family Medicine, Carolyn Klaus, MD, Staff Physician, Memorial Health System, South Bend, Indiana, “Evidence That Faith Is An Important Part of Health Care,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101 BLSB.
• Pediatrics, Ross McKinney, MD, Associate Professor, Duke University Medical Center, “Pediatric HIV Infection and AIDS,” 8 to 9 a.m., duPont Hospital for Children.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Abraham Freedman, MD, Honorary Clinical Professor, “Sexuality, Creativity and Repression,” 10:30 to noon, DePalma
Aud.
Thursday, May 25
• Medicine, Thomas Nasca, MD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Affilations, Clinical Associate Professor, JMC, “National Issues in Internal Medicine - GME,” 8 a.m., DePalma
Aud.
Tuesday, May 30
• Pediatrics, Arun Pramanik, MD, Forest Pharmaceuticals, “Exogenous Surfactants in the Management of RDS,” 8 a.m., 101
BLSB.
Wednesday, May 31
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Mack Roach, MD, Radiation Oncology, University of California, “Update in Radiation Therapy of Prostate Cancer,” 8 a.m., G312 Bodine.
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Joseph Hewitt, DO, Resident, JMC, and Julie Greenberg, Therapist, Penn Council for Relationships, “A Twins’ Case Study: Together, Separate, Alive, Dead,” 10:30 to noon, DePalma Aud.
• Family Medicine, Joseph DeSimone, MD, Clinical Instructor, Division of Infectious Disease, “New Management Issues In HIV,” 8 to 9 a.m., 101
BLSB.
MEETING
Monday, May 2
•JMC Executive Council, 1:30 p.m., 218 Curtis.
Friday, May 5
• Family Medicine, First Friday education discussion, JMC, CGS and CHP faculty invited, noon to 1 p.m., 139 JAH. Call Karen Glaser, PhD, at 3-7890 or J. Lindsey Lane, MD, at 5-7800.
Tuesday, May 23
• JMC Professiorial and General Faculty, 5 p.m., McClellan Hall.
UPCOMING MEETING
Friday, June 2
•Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. Board, 9:30 to 11 a.m., 101
BLSB.
Monday, June 5
• Full Board of Trustees, noon, 636 Scott.
SPECIAL EVENT
Tuesday, May 2
•Women’s Board, Jewelry sale, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 11th Street side of Atrium. Also Wednesday, May 3.
•Jefferson’s Center for Integrative Medicine, free Anxiety Disorders screening 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Jefferson’s Center for Integrative Medicine, Park Plaza Condominiums, 3900 Ford Road, Suite B.
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT
Monday, June 5
•Kimmel Cancer Center, “Cancer Survivors Day Celebration,” 4 to 7 p.m., BLSB. All survivors, family members, friends and staff are welcome. Events will include a display of artwork, poetry, writing by survivors of cancer. To contribute artwork or writing, please call 5-8370. See page 2 article in this issue of
JeffNEWS.
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Wednesday, May 3
• Hospital Christian Fellowship brown bag Bible study, 1 to 2 p.m., 302 MOB. Call Hyacinth Williams at 215-474-0864. Also Wednesdays, May 10, 17, 24 and 31.
Thursday, May 4
• Interfaith Prayer and Meditation Service, noon, Chapel, 9 Gibbon. Anyone from any faith is welcome. During brief service silent prayer is offered from requests written in books placed in the Chapel, Bodine Cancer Center and several other hospital areas. Also Thursdays, May 11, 18 and 25.
SUPPORT GROUPS
• Caregiver support/education, one-time phone consultation with a Jefferson Geriatric Psychiatry Program staff member. For consultation appointment, caregivers of older adults may call 215-928-3084.
• Epilepsy Foundation of Southeastern Pennsylvania (EFSEPA), Epilepsy Support Group for Women, Joyce D. Liporace, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, and Lisa Pfeifer, Clinical Coordinator for Penn Epilepsy Center at University of Pennsylvania, Co-facilitators, July 25. Contact Sue Livingston, Director, Community Education, Outreach and Family Services, EFSEPA, at 1-800-887-7165.
Tuesday, May 2
•Lupus support and education group, held the first Tuesday of every month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 204 College. Call Darlene Croce at 5-5826
Wednesday, May 3
• Jefferson Headache, a patient-led group open to anyone with chronic headache pain, is held the first Wednesday of every month, 7 to 9 p.m., Jefferson Headache Center, 8130 Gibbon. Call Mary Ellen Crowley at 215-247-0855.
Thursday, May 4
• Breast Cancer group, held the first and third Thursday of every month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., M-24, JAH. No registration necessary. Call 5-8370. Also Thursday, May 18.
Wednesday, May 10
• The Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Blaine Cloud, PhD, Neuropsychologist, and Laurie M. Ryan, PhD, Neuropsychologist, are co-facilitators, the support group is held the second Wednesday of every month, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., 4130 Gibbon. Call Michele at 5-1111.
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome support group is held the second and last Wednesday of every month, 7 to 9 p.m., East Atrium conference room, Gibbon. Also Wednesday, May 31. Free parking or bus tokens. Call 5-1400.
Tuesday, May 16
• Patients and employees wishing to learn about in-vitro fertilization (IVF) related assisted reproductive technologies (ART) can attend free evening seminars held at Solis Cohen Aud., JAH. RSVP 215-922-3173, ext. 320.
Wednesday, May 17
• Kimmel Cancer Center, Man-to-Man, a prostate cancer self-help and networking group, co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society will be held the third Wednesday of every month. Each month a guest lecturer will speak on an issue related to prostate cancer, Irvin Hirsch, MD, “Erectile Dysfunction and the Prostate Cancer Patient,” 5:30 to 7 p.m., 145 JAH. Call 5-8370.
Thursday, May 18
• Laryngectomee, Center City Nu-Voice Club, held the third Thursday of every month, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., 925 Chestnut Street, 6th Floor. Call Barbara Baskin or Nancy Travers at 5-2554.
Saturday, May 20
• Sarcoidosis, Harold L. Israel, MD, Sarcoidosis and other Grandulomatous diseases group is held once every month on a Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m., Boardroom, TJUH - Ford Road Campus, 3905 Ford Road. Call Rhea Gaines at 5-5161.
Thursday, May 25
• Strength for Caring, a program for those caring for someone with cancer is held the fourth Thursday of every month from noon to 4 p.m., G-312 Bodine. Call 5-8370.
WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES
Wednesday, May 10
• Mindfullness Meditation - Stress Reduction Program, eight Wednesdays through June 28, 9 to 11:30 a.m., plus full day class, Saturday, June 10, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Center City Campus; also eight Thursdays beginning May 11 through June 29, 6:30 to 9 p.m., plus full day class on Saturday, June 10, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Ford Road Campus. Call 215-955-1376.
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